A wine glass is a type of glass stemware that is used to drink and taste wine

A wine glass is a type of glass stemware that is used to drink and taste wine. It is generally
composed of three parts: the bowl, stem, and foot. Selection of a particular wine glass for a
wine style is important, as the glass shape can influence its perception.
Contents
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 1 Use
 2 Materials
 3 Shapes
o 3.1 Red wine glasses
o 3.2 White wine glasses
o 3.3 Champagne flutes
o 3.4 Sherry glass
o 3.5 Boccalino
 4 Decoration
 5 ISO Wine tasting glass
 6 See also
 7 References
 8 External links
[edit] Use
The traditionally held-to-be proper way to drink from a wine glass, especially when drinking
white or otherwise chilled wine, is to grasp it by the stem. The most commonly accepted
reasoning for this is to avoid fingerprints on the bowl, and to prevent the temperature of the
wine from being affected by body heat.
[edit] Materials
Wine glasses made of fused or cut glass will often interfere with the flavor of the wine,[citation
needed]
as well as creating a rough, thick lip, from which it is not as pleasurable to drink.[citation
needed]
Blown glass results in a better vessel, with a thinner lip, and is usually acceptable for
casual wine drinkers.[citation needed]
High quality wine glasses are often made of lead crystal.
Lead crystal glasses' advantages are not only primarily aesthetic. One factor of lead crystal is
it is generally considered to have a higher index of refraction, thus changing the effect of
light passing through them. Lead crystal is also rougher than glass on a microscopic level,
allowing wine in the glass to breathe more efficiently when swirled in the bowl. They are also
heavier. Using lead in the crystal matrix also offers several advantages in the material's
workability during production. Wine glasses are generally not colored or frosted as this
would impede the appreciation of its colour. An exception to this rule is the hock glass.
[edit] Shapes
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Pair of 18th century opaque twist stem glasses
The shape of the glass is also important, as it concentrates the flavor and aroma (or bouquet)
to emphasize the varietal's characteristic.[citation needed]
One common belief is that the shape of
the glass directs the wine itself into the best area of the mouth from the varietal.[1]
Generally, the opening of the glass is not wider than the widest part of the bowl.
Most wine glasses have stems, although "stemless" wine glasses are now available in a
variety of sizes and shapes as well.[citation needed]
These glasses are typically used more casually
than their traditional counterparts, as they negate the benefits of using stemmed wine glasses.
Except to the wine connoisseur, wine glasses can be divided into three types: red wine
glasses, white wine glasses, and champagne flutes. Wine tumblers (without stems) are also
increasing in popularity.
[edit] Red wine glasses
Glasses for red wine are characterized by their rounder, wider bowl, which increases the rate
of oxidation. As oxygen from the air chemically interacts with the wine, flavor and aroma are
subtly altered. This process of oxidation is generally more compatible with red wines, whose
complex flavors are smoothed out after being exposed to air. Red wine glasses can have
particular styles of their own, such as
 Bordeaux glass: tall with a broad bowl, and is designed for full bodied red wines like
Cabernet and Merlot as it directs wine to the back of the mouth.

 Burgundy glass: broader than the Bordeaux glass, it has a bigger bowl to accumulate
aromas of more delicate red wines such as Pinot Noir. This style of glass directs wine
to the tip of the tongue.
[edit] White wine glasses
White wine glasses vary enormously in size and shape, from the delicately tapered
Champagne flute, to the wide and shallow glasses used to drink Chardonnay. Different
shaped glasses are used to accentuate the unique characteristics of different styles of wine.
Wide mouthed glasses function similarly to red wine glasses discussed above, promoting
rapid oxidization which alters the flavor of the wine.[citation needed]
White wines which are best
served slightly oxidized are generally full flavored wines, such as oaked chardonnay. For
lighter, fresher styles of white wine, oxidization is less desirable as it is seen to mask the
delicate nuances of the wine.[citation needed]
To preserve a crisp, clean flavor, many white wine
glasses will have a smaller mouth, which reduces surface area and in turn, the rate of
oxidization. In the case of sparkling wine, such as Champagne or Asti Spumante, an even
smaller mouth is used to keep the wine sparkling longer in the glass.
[edit] Champagne flutes
Main article: Champagne stemware
Champagne flutes are characterised by a long stem with a tall, narrow bowl on top. The shape
is designed to keep sparkling wine desirable during its consumption. The glass is designed to
be held by the stem to help prevent the heat from the hand from warming the champagne. The
bowl itself is designed in a manner to help retain the signature carbonation in the beverage.
This is achieved by reducing the surface area at the opening of the bowl. Additionally the
flute design adds to the aesthetic appeal of champagne, allowing the bubbles to travel further
due to the narrow design, giving a far more pleasant visual appeal.
[edit] Sherry glass

A sherry copita
A sherry glass is drinkware generally used for serving aromatic alcoholic beverages, such as
sherry, port, aperitifs, and liqueurs, and layered shooters. An ISO-standard sized sherry glass
is 120 millilitres (4.2 imp fl oz; 4.1 US fl oz). The copita, with its aroma-enhancing narrow
taper, is a type of sherry glass.
[edit] Boccalino
Five Boccalini
A Boccalino is a mug used in Ticino, Switzerland, to drink local wine (Merlot or similar). It
has a volume of 0.2 liters. The Boccalino is also a popular souvenir for tourists.
[edit] Decoration
In the 18th Century, glass makers would draw spiral patterns in the stem as they made the
glass. If they used air bubbles it was called an airtwist; if they used threads, either white or
colored, it would be called opaque twist.[2]
Glass production
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Glass distribution

Glass bottles for cucumber slices
A Soviet mayonnaise jar
A modern "French Kilner" jar
Glass production comprehends two types of glass:
 sheet glass, made by the float glass process
 glass-container glass.

Contents
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 1 Glass container production
o 1.1 Glass container factories
o 1.2 Hot end
 1.2.1 Furnace
 1.2.2 Forming process
 1.2.3 Forming machines
 1.2.4 Internal treatment
 1.2.5 Annealing
o 1.3 Cold end
 1.3.1 Inspection equipment
 1.3.2 Secondary processing
 1.3.3 Packaging
 1.3.4 Coatings
 1.3.5 Ancillary processes – compressors & cooling
o 1.4 Marketing
o 1.5 Lifecycle impact
 2 Float glass process
 3 Environmental impacts
o 3.1 Local environmental impacts
o 3.2 Global environmental impact
 4 See also
 5 References
 6 External links
[edit] Glass container production
[edit] Glass container factories
Broadly, modern glass container factories are three-part operations: the batch house, the hot
end, and the cold end. The batch house handles the raw materials; the hot end handles the
manufacture proper — the furnaces, annealing ovens, and forming machines; and the cold
end handles the product-inspection and -packaging equipment.
[edit] Hot end
The following table lists common viscosity fixpoints, applicable to large-scale glass
production and experimental glass melting in the laboratory:[1]
log10(η,
Pa·s)
log10(η,
P)
Description
1 2 Melting Point (glass melt homogenization and fining)

3 4 Working Point (pressing, blowing, gob forming)
4 5 Flow Point
6.6 7.6
Littleton Softening Point (Glass deforms visibly under its own weight. Standard
procedures ASTM C338, ISO 7884-3)
8-10 9-11 Dilatometric Softing Point, Td, depending on load[2]
10.5 11.5
Deformation Point (Glass deforms under its own weight on the μm-scale within
a few hours.)
11-12.3 12-13.3 Glass Transition Temperature, Tg
12 13 Annealing Point (Stress is relieved within several minutes.)
13.5 14.5 Strain Point (Stress is relieved within several hours.)
[edit] Furnace
Batch feed (doghouse) of a glass furnace
The hot end of a glassworks is where the molten glass is formed into glass products,
beginning when the batch is fed into the furnace at a slow, controlled rate. The furnaces are
natural gas- or fuel oil-fired, and operate at temperatures up to 1,575°C. [3]
The temperature is
limited only by the quality of the furnace’s superstructure material and by the glass
composition.
[edit] Forming process

Glass container forming
There are, currently, two primary methods of making a glass container: the blow and blow
method and the press and blow method. In both cases a stream of molten glass, at its plastic
temperature (1050°C-1200°C), is cut with a shearing blade to form a cylinder of glass, called
a gob. Both processes start with the gob falling, by gravity, and guided, through troughs and
chutes, into the blank moulds. In the blow and blow process, the glass is first blown from
below, into the blank moulds, to create a parison, or pre-container. The parison is then
flipped over into a final mould, where a final blow blows the glass out, in to the mould, to
make the final container shape. In the case of press and blow process, the parison is formed
with a metal plunger, which pushes the glass out, into the blank mould. The process then
continues as before, with the parison being transferred to the mould, and the glass being
blown out into the mould.
Blow-blow-process (on IS
machine)
Form of parison and finished bottle -
blow-blow
dito, press-blow (narrow
neck)
[edit] Forming machines
IS machine during bottle production[4]
The forming machines hold and move the parts that form the container. Generally powered
by compressed air, the mechanisms are timed to coordinate the movement of all these parts so
that containers are made.
The most widely used forming machine arrangement is the individual section machine (or IS
machine). This machine has a bank of 5-20 identical sections, each of which contains one
complete set of mechanisms to make containers. The sections are in a row, and the gobs feed
into each section via a moving chute, called the gob distributor. Sections make either one,
two, three or four containers simultaneously. (Referred to as single, double, triple and quad
gob). In the case of multiple gobs, the shears cut the gobs simultaneously, and they fall into
the blank moulds in parallel.

[edit] Internal treatment
After the forming process, some containers—particularly those intended for alcoholic
spirits—undergo a treatment to improve the chemical resistance of the inside, called internal
treatment or dealkalization. This is usually accomplished through the injection of a sulfur- or
fluorine-containing gas mixture into bottles at high temperatures. The gas is typically
delivered to the container either in the air used in the forming process (that is, during the final
blow of the container), or through a nozzle directing a stream of the gas into the mouth of the
bottle after forming. The treatment renders the container more resistant to alkali extraction,
which can cause increases in product pH, and in some cases container degradation.
[edit] Annealing
As glass cools it shrinks and solidifies. Uneven cooling causes weak glass due to stress. Even
cooling is achieved by annealing. An annealing oven (known in the industry as a Lehr) heats
the container to about 580°C then cools it, depending on the glass thickness, over a 20 – 6000
minute period.
[edit] Cold end
The role of the cold end is to inspect the containers for defects, package the containers for
shipment and label the containers.
[edit] Inspection equipment
Glass containers are 100% inspected; automatic machines, or sometimes persons, inspect
every container for a variety of faults. Typical faults include small cracks in the glass called
checks and foreign inclusions called stones which are pieces of the refractory brick lining of
the melting furnace that break off and fall into the pool of molten glass which subsequently
are included in the final product. These are especially important to select out due to the fact
that they can impart a destructive element to the final glass product. For example, since these
materials can withstand large amounts of themal energy, they can cause the glass product to
sustain thermal shock resulting in explosive destruction when heated. Other defects include
bubbles in the glass called blisters and excessively thin walls. Another defect common in
glass manufacturing is referred to as a tear. In the press and blow forming, if a plunger and
mould are out of alignment, or heated to an incorrect temperature, the glass will stick to either
item and become torn. In addition to rejecting faulty containers, inspection equipment gathers
statistical information and relays it to the forming machine operators in the hot end.
Computer systems collect fault information to the mould that produced the container. This is
done by reading the mould number on the container, which is encoded (as a numeral, or a
binary code of dots) on the container by the mould that made it. Operators carry out a range
of checks manually on samples of containers, usually visual and dimensional checks.
[edit] Secondary processing
Sometimes container factories will offer services such as labelling. Several labelling
technologies are available. Unique to glass is the Applied Ceramic Labelling process (ACL).
This is screen-printing of the decoration onto the container with a vitreous enamel paint,
which is then baked on. An example of this is the original Coca-Cola bottle. The Absolut

Bottles have various added services such as: Etching ( Absolut Citron/) Coating (Absolut
Raspberry/Ruby Red)and Applied Ceramic Labelling ( Absolut Blue/Pears/Red/Black)
[edit] Packaging
Glass containers are packaged in various ways. Popular in Europe are bulk pallets with
between 1000 and 4000 containers each. This is carried out by automatic machines
(palletisers) which arrange and stack containers separated by layer sheets. Other possibilities
include boxes and even hand sewn sacks. Once packed the new "stock units" are labelled and
warehoused.
[edit] Coatings
Glass containers typically receive two surface coatings, one at the hot end, just before
annealing and one at the cold end just after annealing. At the hot end a very thin layer of tin
oxide is applied either using a safe organic compound or inorganic stannic chloride. Tin
based systems are not the only ones used, although the most popular. Titanium tetrachloride
or organo titanates can also be used. In all cases the coating renders the surface of the glass
more adhesive to the cold end coating. At the cold end a layer of typically, polyethylene wax,
is applied via a water based emulsion. This makes the glass slippery, protecting it from
scratching and stopping containers from sticking together when they are moved on a
conveyor. The resultant invisible combined coating gives a virtually unscratchable surface to
the glass. Due to reduction of in-service surface damage the coatings often are described as
strengtheners, however a more correct definition might be strength retaining coatings.
[edit] Ancillary processes – compressors & cooling
Forming machines are largely powered by compressed air and a typical glass works will have
several large compressors (totaling 30k-60k cfm) to provide the needed compressed air.
Furnaces, compressors and forming machine generate quantities of waste heat which is
generally cooled by water. Hot glass which is not used in the forming machine is diverted and
this diverted glass (called cullet) is generally cooled by water, and sometime even processed
and crushed in a water bath arrangement. Often cooling requirements are shared over banks
of cooling towers arranged to allow for backup during maintenance.
[edit] Marketing
Glass container manufacture in the developed world is a mature market business. Annual
growth in total industry sales generally follows population growth. Glass container
manufacture is also a geographical business; the product is heavy and large in volume, and
the major raw materials (sand, soda ash and limestone) are generally readily available,
therefore production facilities need to be located close to their markets. A typical glass
furnace holds hundreds of tonnes of molten glass, and so it is simply not practical to shut it
down every night, or in fact in any period short of a month. Factories therefore run 24 hours a
day 7 days a week. This means that there is little opportunity to either increase or decrease
production rates by more than a few percent. New furnaces and forming machines cost tens
of millions of dollars and require at least 18 months of planning. Given this fact, and the fact
that there are usually more products than machine lines means that products are sold from
stock. The marketing/production challenge is therefore to be able to predict demand both in
the short 4-12 week term and over the 24-48 month long term. Factories are generally sized

to service the requirements of a city; in developed countries there is usually a factory per 1-2
million people. A typical factory will produce 1-3 million containers a day. Despite its
positioning as a mature market product, glass does enjoy a high level of consumer acceptance
and is perceived as a “premium” quality packaging format.
[edit] Lifecycle impact
Glass containers are wholly recyclable and the industry in many countries retains a policy (or
is forced to by Government) of maintaining a high price on cullet to ensure high return rates.
Return rates of 95% are not uncommon in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark
and Finland). Return rates of less than 50% are usual in other countries. Of course glass
containers can also be reused, and in developing countries this is common, however the
environmental impact of washing the container as against remelting them is uncertain.
Factors to consider here are the chemicals and fresh water used in the washing, and the fact
that a single use container can be made much lighter, using less than half the glass (and
therefore energy content) of a multiuse container. Also, a significant factor in the developed
world's consideration of reuse are producer concerns over the risk and consequential product
liability of using a component (the reused container) of unknown and unqualified safety. How
glass containers compare to other packaging types (plastic, cardboard, aluminium) is hard to
say, conclusive lifecycle studies are yet to be produced.
[edit] Float glass process
Main article: Float glass
[edit] Environmental impacts
[edit] Local environmental impacts
As with all highly concentrated industries, glassworks suffer from moderately high local
environmental impacts. Compounding this is that because they are mature market businesses
they often have been located on the same site for a long time and this has resulted in
residential encroachment. The main impacts on residential housing and cities are noise, fresh
water use, water pollution, NOx and SOx air pollution, and dust.
Noise is created by the forming machines. Operated by compressed air, they can produce
noise levels of up to 106dBA. How this noise is carried into the local neighbourhood depends
heavily on the layout of the factory. Another factor in noise production is truck movements.
A typical factory will process 600T of material a day. This means that some 600T of raw
material has to come onto the site and the same off the site again as finished product.
Water is used to cool the furnace, compressor and unused molten glass. Water use in factories
varies widely, it can be as little as one tonne water used per melted tonne of glass. Of the one
tonne roughly half is evaporated to provide cooling, the rest forms a wastewater stream.
Most factories use water containing an emulsified oil to cool and lubricate the gob cutting
shear blades. This oil laden water mixes with the water outflow stream thus polluting it.
Factories usually have some kind water processing equipment that removes this emulsified
oil to various degrees of effectiveness.

The oxides of nitrogen are a natural product of the burning of gas in air and are produced in
large quantities by gas fired furnaces. Some factories in cities with particular air pollution
problems will mitigate this by using liquid oxygen, however the logic of this given the cost in
carbon of (1) not using regenerators and (2) having to liquefy and transport oxygen is highly
questionable. The oxides of sulphur are produced as a result of the glass melting process.
Manipulating the batch formula can effect some limited mitigation of this; alternatively
exhaust plume scrubbing can be used.
The raw materials for glass making are all dusty material and are delivered either as a powder
or as a fine-grained material. Systems for controlling dusty materials tend to be difficult to
maintain, and given the large amounts of material moved each day, only a small amount has
to escape for there to be a dust problem. Cullet is also moved about in a glass factory and
tends to produce fine glass particles when shovelled or broken.
[edit] Global environmental impact
The main global impact factor is the production of CO2 due to the burning of fossil fuels in
the heating of the furnace and production of electricity to supply the compressors. Typically a
ton of glass packed will liberate between 500 and 900 kg of CO2, assuming a gas fired
furnace and coal fired electricity usage. In areas with predominantly renewable or nuclear
energy, the CO2 released comes only from the conversion of carbonates to oxides in the
ingredients of the glass itself.
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